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Here I grow again!
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Some better pictures/Cleaned up ladies
Some better pictures/Cleaned up ladies
Spent some time cleaning up last night and today, they are looking a lot better than I anticipated.
I am just now starting to see a little algae in the translucent tubes I used to make the drip rings, but nothing unmanageable. I like them but I'm not convinced it's worth the time to make them. It makes it impossible to move a plant from system to system without cutting them off of the line somewhere. Not that this would usually be a very big deal but in this particular case, it would have been nice to move around the plants of varying sizes.
Good flush the other day appears to have curbed the nute burn completely.
I added 50ml of Blackstrap Molasses to 20 g of nutrients on the 2 spots with no screen. I was surprised on how little effect it had on the tds. I think it went up maybe 40pts.
Anyway, there it is:
Thanks for looking.
Some better pictures/Cleaned up ladies
Spent some time cleaning up last night and today, they are looking a lot better than I anticipated.
I am just now starting to see a little algae in the translucent tubes I used to make the drip rings, but nothing unmanageable. I like them but I'm not convinced it's worth the time to make them. It makes it impossible to move a plant from system to system without cutting them off of the line somewhere. Not that this would usually be a very big deal but in this particular case, it would have been nice to move around the plants of varying sizes.
Good flush the other day appears to have curbed the nute burn completely.
I added 50ml of Blackstrap Molasses to 20 g of nutrients on the 2 spots with no screen. I was surprised on how little effect it had on the tds. I think it went up maybe 40pts.
Anyway, there it is:
Thanks for looking.
Thanks lazylathe.The one tall plant that is in the front left spot is super Diesel, the rest of them in the screens are Blue Rhino.
Of the site not in the screen, most are Blue Rhino, with the smallest ones on that side being Sharksbreath.
The BR and SD are both very nice but the SB I've found to be just "meh". I threw them in when I almost killed everything, almost as placeholders to see what happens when they start that small.
Hell, these look better than the first run of SB I did, which wasn't very good at all; maybe these will be a tab bit better. We'll see!
Thanks for lookin.
Of the site not in the screen, most are Blue Rhino, with the smallest ones on that side being Sharksbreath.
The BR and SD are both very nice but the SB I've found to be just "meh". I threw them in when I almost killed everything, almost as placeholders to see what happens when they start that small.
Hell, these look better than the first run of SB I did, which wasn't very good at all; maybe these will be a tab bit better. We'll see!
Thanks for lookin.
Trying out a little Blackstrap Molasses on one side. Ran 50ml/20gallons the other day. No issues so I bumped it up a little more this time (this is for ~25gallons).
Might have to run over a little bit schedule wise. I have heard that using Gnatrol can extend your overall time a bit, I am thinking that may be the case here.
I don't know, I'm still looking at 2.5 weeks and maybe they will start turning soon but I expected to see some apparent signs of ripening, by now.
All looks great, though!
Might have to run over a little bit schedule wise. I have heard that using Gnatrol can extend your overall time a bit, I am thinking that may be the case here.
I don't know, I'm still looking at 2.5 weeks and maybe they will start turning soon but I expected to see some apparent signs of ripening, by now.
All looks great, though!
Well the molasses seems to be working out just great. I swear I can SMELL a difference on the side that I am using it on.
I've used it in probably 3 res changes now, with the last change yesterday being actually over max (I realize today) at 150ml/25g or 6ml/gal.
Everything I've read doesn't recommend going over 5ml/gal.
I noticed a rather drastic pH rise overnight, I may have to drain it and start again.
Otherwise everything is looking pretty good all around. I am going to let the side with molasses run an extra week and the other is flushing.
Got some FT on the one side that doesn't have a fan directly running under the lights so I am directly attributing that to heat stress. I'll be sure to correct that next time.
This Blue Rhine seems tremendously sensitive to heat stress. I thought for sure it was too late for FT to develop but sure enough, pop pop pop pop. Oh well, it still looks damn good.
I'll try to post some pics tomorrow later.
I've used it in probably 3 res changes now, with the last change yesterday being actually over max (I realize today) at 150ml/25g or 6ml/gal.
Everything I've read doesn't recommend going over 5ml/gal.
I noticed a rather drastic pH rise overnight, I may have to drain it and start again.
Otherwise everything is looking pretty good all around. I am going to let the side with molasses run an extra week and the other is flushing.
Got some FT on the one side that doesn't have a fan directly running under the lights so I am directly attributing that to heat stress. I'll be sure to correct that next time.
This Blue Rhine seems tremendously sensitive to heat stress. I thought for sure it was too late for FT to develop but sure enough, pop pop pop pop. Oh well, it still looks damn good.
I'll try to post some pics tomorrow later.
Hey Lazylathe!
I've always been on the fence with how much to take off but, after focusing mainly on SCROG for some time, I have noticed a definite benefit in not only focusing growth toward the top of the plant/close to light but also in the final trim.
Like DHF suggests, with trimming progressively along the way, you have almost nothing there by chop time!
I think a heavy defoliation towards the end really causes them to bulk up significantly, too.
Thanks for checking it out!
[still need to get pics, been hectic lately!]
I've always been on the fence with how much to take off but, after focusing mainly on SCROG for some time, I have noticed a definite benefit in not only focusing growth toward the top of the plant/close to light but also in the final trim.
Like DHF suggests, with trimming progressively along the way, you have almost nothing there by chop time!
I think a heavy defoliation towards the end really causes them to bulk up significantly, too.
Thanks for checking it out!
[still need to get pics, been hectic lately!]
Ok here's everything at 70 days:
[plants with small white tags/spikes are Sharksbreath, the rest are Blue Rhino]
dang, I didn't realize how shitty that photo was until now, oh well
You can see where one whole plant has already been taken down, and a few branches off others. I wanted to see the difference in the highs from now until "visual" finish.
[plants with small white tags/spikes are Sharksbreath, the rest are Blue Rhino]
dang, I didn't realize how shitty that photo was until now, oh well
You can see where one whole plant has already been taken down, and a few branches off others. I wanted to see the difference in the highs from now until "visual" finish.
chop 77 days:
Good thing I took it now.....
I had a dehumidifier malfunction for one day, now I have 2, for redundancy.
Overall I am not thrilled with the Blue Rhino and I will be retiring it asap. The yield is just shit when it really comes down to it...........I'll post some numbers next week.
Good thing I took it now.....
I had a dehumidifier malfunction for one day, now I have 2, for redundancy.
Overall I am not thrilled with the Blue Rhino and I will be retiring it asap. The yield is just shit when it really comes down to it...........I'll post some numbers next week.
